Colonization Question

[DanaDark]

I haven't been able to notice or tell, so I figured I'd ask and see if anyone knew for certain.

If there is a habitable planet inside one of my sectors, will my sector build a colony ship and go for it itself, or do I still have to explicitly build the colony ship and colonize myself?

 

[GC13]

There's an option to allow sectors to colonize, but I've never enabled it to see if it works.

 

[Cannes]

Sectors can colonize if the setting is enabled, when the sector will get around to do it is another question entirely.

 

[MrJade]

Sectors can colonize if the setting is enabled, when the sector will get around to do it is another question entirely.

In my ultimately losing playthrough, I would terraform my sector's planets to be perfect, and pretty quickly after that they would colonize them. I also turned taxation of sectors off for much of the game, so maybe it had something to do with how much money they had.

 

[Azhcristokos]

They'll go after them for sure. They may make the same mistakes sectors are often blasted for, like placing the shelter on a wrong tile, but they will do it.

Piece of advice: If you have any sectors close to xenophobic fallen empires, turn the colonization button off or they will settle those worlds and the FE will come after you.